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Blue background with yellow pixelated border and central lightning bolt, green text repeating 'STRUCK BY LIGHTNING!!!' in four quadrants.

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Blue background with yellow pixelated border and central lightning bolt, green text repeating 'STRUCK BY LIGHTNING!!!' in four quadrants.

Blue background with yellow pixelated border and central lightning bolt, green text repeating 'STRUCK BY LIGHTNING!!!' in four quadrants. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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Mood

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Source terms

Subjects

  • lightning bolt

Visible Text

  • STRUCK
  • BY LIGHT
  • NING!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090110104439915776525
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/43/4397966ebcf5e7d678798e7d2ae93cfdbdeb8a6f9bf1465898d6f2635576ab5d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4397966ebcf5e7d6
SHA-256
4397966ebcf5e7d678798e7d2ae93cfdbdeb8a6f9bf1465898d6f2635576ab5d
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20090110104439915776525
Archive entry
20090110104439915776525.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090110104439915776525.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090110104439915776525.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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